Environment
Situation
This article outlines operating systems that can be monitored by PlateSpin Recon 4.2
Supported Platforms
NOTE:
For information on PlateSpin Recon Client/Server supported platforms, see
System Requirements
in the PlateSpin Recon 4.2 Getting Started Guide.PlateSpin Recon supports inventorying of only Intel processor workloads.
1.3.1Supported Inventory and Data Collection Platforms
PlateSpin Recon supports discovery, inventory, and data collection (monitoring) for the Microsoft Windows, UNIX/Linux, and Novell Netware platforms. This section details the supported versions and architectures of the supported platforms.
Supported Microsoft Windows Versions
PlateSpin Recon supports the French, German, and Japanese localized versions of Windows.
IMPORTANT:Ensure that Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or later is installed on the target Windows machine where you want to deploy the WindowsBlockBasedDiskCounters add-on.
Table 1-1 Supported Windows Platforms
Version | Bit Spec |
|---|---|
Windows Server 2012 R2 | 64-bit |
Windows Server 2012 | 64-bit |
Windows 8.1 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Windows 8 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1, SP0) | 64-bit |
Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP2 SS/ES, SP1 SS/ES) | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Windows Server 2008 (SP2, SP1) | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Windows Server 2003 (SP2, SP1, SP0) | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Windows Server 20001 (SP4, SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0) | 32-bit |
Windows NT 4.0 Server (SP6a - WMI Core version 1.5 required, SP6, SP4) | 32-bit |
Windows XP Professional (SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0) | 32-bit, 64-bit |
1 Inventorying and monitoring of Windows Server 2000 (SP4, SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0) machines is not supported if PlateSpin Recon Server is installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine.
Supported UNIX/Linux Versions
Table 1-2 Supported UNIX/Linux Platforms
Version | Bit Spec |
|---|---|
Oracle Linux 6.5, 6.4, 6.3, 6.2, 6.1, 6.0, 5.10, 5.9, 5.8, 5.7, 5.6, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 11 SP2, 11 SP1 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 11 Linux | 64-bit |
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 SP3 Linux | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)11 SP3, 11 SP2, 11 SP1, 11, 10 SP3, 10 SP2, 10 SP1, 10.0, 9.x | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ES, 6.4 ES, 6.3 ES, 6.2 ES, 6.1 ES, 6.0 ES, 5.10 ES, 5.9 ES, 5.8 ES, 5.7 ES, 5.5 ES, 5.4 ES, 5.3 ES, 5.2 ES, 5.1 AS/ES, 5.0 AS/ES, 4.0 AS/ES, 3.0 AS/ES | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Novell SUSE Linux 8.0 | 32-bit |
RedHat Linux 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.0, 7.3 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.x AS/ES | 32-bit |
Novell OpenSUSE 12.1, 11.4, 11.1, 11, 10.3, 10.2, 10.1 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Fedora Core 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
CentOS 2.0 | 32-bit |
Ubuntu 12.04, 11.10, 8.10, 8.04, 7.1 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
CentOS 6.2, 6.1, 5.2, 5.1, 4.6, 3.9 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Sun Solaris 10, 9, 8 (SPARC/x86) | 32-bit, 64-bit |
IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3 TL7 or later, 5.2 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Supported Novell NetWare Versions
Table 1-3 Supported Novell NetWare Platforms
Version | Bit Spec |
|---|---|
Novell NetWare 6.5 (SP6) | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Novell NetWare 6.0 (SP5) | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Novell NetWare 5.1 (SP8) | 32-bit, 64-bit |
IMPORTANT:
To enable monitoring of NetWare computers, download and install the following Novell Clients on the PlateSpin Recon server computer. The client downloads are free. When installing, select Custom Installation and install the Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS) client.
Installation of the Novell Client impacts the standard Windows logon. See the Novell Client documentation for more information.
You cannot monitor Netware machines with PlateSpin Recon server installed on a 64-bit Windows Server 2003 machine because Novell Client is not supported on a 64-bit Windows Server 2003 computer.
Only the CPU and disk utilization counters are supported for Netware 5.1 and 6.0. Only the CPU, disk, and memory utilization counters are supported for Netware 6.5 and higher.
Supported Hypervisors
Table 1-4 Supported Hypervisors
Version | Bit Spec |
|---|---|
VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2, Update 1 |
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V |
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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V |
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VMware Virtual Center 6.0, 5.5 Update 2, 5.5 Update 1, 5.5, 5.1, 5.0 Update 2, 5.0 Update 1, 5.0, 4.1, 4, 2.5, 2.0.2, 2.0.1 |
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VMware ESXi Server 6.0, 5.5 Update 2, 5.5 Update 1, 5.5, 5.1, 5.0 Update 2, 5.0 Update 1, 5.0, 4.1 | 64-bit |
VMware ESX Server 4.1 | 64-bit |
VMware ESXi Server 4i, 3i | 32-bit, 64-bit |
VMware ESX Server 4.0, 3.5.0, 3.0.3, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0.0, 2.5.5, 2.5.4, 2.5.3 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Xen on Novell SLES 11 SP2, 11 SP1,11, 10.3, 10.2, 10.0 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Windows Server 2008 (SP2, SP1) Hyper-V | 64-bit |
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V | 64-bit |
Sun Solaris 10 Zones on Sun Solaris 10 Container | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Citrix XenServer 5.0, 4.1 | 32-bit, 64-bit |
1.3.2Supported PlateSpin Portability Suite Consolidation Sources and Targets
Consolidation scenarios for workloads with the supported operating systems and targets can be implemented by using PlateSpin Portability Suite. PlateSpin Portability Suite is now PlateSpin Migrate. For detailed information about the PlateSpin Migrate supported source and target operating systems, see the PlateSpin Migrate documentation at the NetIQ documentation Web site.
For more detailed information about source and target operating systems for PlateSpin Portability Suite conversions, see Knowledge Base article Q7005871.
For more information about implementing consolidation scenarios with Portability Suite, see Section 6.8, Implementing Scenarios with Portability Suite.